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Toy Drive 2017!!
December/07/2017 11:59 PM
As many of you know, the sole purpose of Pladd Toys is to donate toys to children in need. 2017 Marked our MOST SUCCESSFUL TOY DRIVE EVER!!! Thanks to all of you who bought from Pladd Toys on eBay or on this website this year! You all contributed to a child in need having a present under their tree this year. THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!
I'll just let the pictures (and the toys) do the talking. See if you can spot anything in there from your childhood! Read More...
Christmas 1986
May/28/2017 10:56 AM
I wrote this for my personal blog this past Christmas. I decided to publish it here as well so that people have some insight as to why we do what we do.
Christmas 1986
There are moments in time that define you. There are events that happen in your life that shape who you are and that put an imprint so deep in your soul that you’ll carry that mark forever.
For me, that moment was Christmas 1986.
Hard to believe it was thirty years ago. Before we make it to Christmas, let me give you a little background… Read More...
2015 Toy Drive
December/17/2015 11:05 PM
The 2015 Toy Drive was a HUGE HIT this year! Thank you to all of the Pladd Dot Toys customers and employees that made this such a huge success!
For those of you who don't know, when you purchase a toy from this website (or our eBay store), we donate 100% of the profits to our local sheriff's department for the distribution of toys through the community to families in need. Instead of me blabbing on about what we do, I'll just let the photos do the talking!
This year we filled SEVEN SHOPPING CARTS!!!
Read More...
For those of you who don't know, when you purchase a toy from this website (or our eBay store), we donate 100% of the profits to our local sheriff's department for the distribution of toys through the community to families in need. Instead of me blabbing on about what we do, I'll just let the photos do the talking!
This year we filled SEVEN SHOPPING CARTS!!!
Read More...
The Day I Fell in Love with Star Wars
November/15/2015 02:53 PM
Okay…. I don't know the DATE - but I do know the DAY.
I was six years old. My big brother's friend David came to our house to pick up my brother for a jam session or something (they were both budding musicians) and took us back to his house because I'm assuming that's where the drums were… Evidently I was along for the ride this time. When we got there, I met Michael - David's younger brother. He was closer to my age and wanted to show me some "cool stuff" in his room.
Michael showed me his room and I remember seeing the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. A magical 3.75" piece of white and black molded plastic that burned an impression in my mind that I remember to this day.
He called it a "Stormtrooper". I had never heard that word before but it didn't matter.
I knew that I'd never forget it. Read More...
Toys and Art
March/27/2011 10:44 AM
By: Chris
This blog is about my obsession with toys. No–let me more rephrase that and say toys that happen to be high art. I realize that many people might disagree with me on that point but I plan to change your mind in this article.
Most of you know that I'm a huge toy collector. I've always loved toys. Even as a child, I didn't want every toy on the market, but rather the ones that I thought were aesthetically pleasing. I would pass over a toy that was popular because it just didn't look cool to me. My GI JOE army was a strange amalgam of good guys, bad guys, and toys that I took apart to re-assemble in a fashion that I thought was best. Certain heads just didn't look right on certain bodies and some arms and torsos worked better on a different set of legs. By the time I got done compiling my forces, they pretty much all worked for a unified "Army of the Cool" and usually fought against a potpourri of the worst figures I'd get as a gift (the ones I didn't pick out for myself). Read More...
Most of you know that I'm a huge toy collector. I've always loved toys. Even as a child, I didn't want every toy on the market, but rather the ones that I thought were aesthetically pleasing. I would pass over a toy that was popular because it just didn't look cool to me. My GI JOE army was a strange amalgam of good guys, bad guys, and toys that I took apart to re-assemble in a fashion that I thought was best. Certain heads just didn't look right on certain bodies and some arms and torsos worked better on a different set of legs. By the time I got done compiling my forces, they pretty much all worked for a unified "Army of the Cool" and usually fought against a potpourri of the worst figures I'd get as a gift (the ones I didn't pick out for myself). Read More...